DESCRIPTION
THE SALIS COLLECTION: ALCOHOL, TOBACCO,
AND OTHER DRUGS
In addition to many generous individuals who have
contributed in multiple ways to the SALIS COLLECTION, SALIS also extends
sincere thanks to the following funding partners:
- Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation, Main campus in Center City, MN, USA
- Joel and Maria Fort Foundation, San Francisco, CA, USA
- National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), Rockville, MD, USA
- SALIS membership (Substance Abuse Librarians and
Information Specialists), Home Office in Berkeley, CA, USA
- Society for the Study of Addiction (SSA), Northampton, UK
- University of Toronto (UT),
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Vereniging voor Alcohol en andere Drugproblemen (VAD), Brussels, Belgium
DESCRIPTION
THE SALIS COLLECTION includes key seminal,
full-text books, reports, documents, and other literature. Its subjects include
both legal and illegal drugs, the use and misuse of chemicals, the role of
education and prevention, physical health and mental health aspects, drug
policy, legal issues, and more. It is international in its scope, and covers a
wide number of disciplines.
THE SALIS COLLECTION is produced by SALIS
(Substance Abuse Librarians and Information Specialists), a long-established
international association of librarians and other information professionals
focused on the health and social concerns surrounding alcohol, tobacco, and
other drugs. SALIS is a leading advocate in the evaluating, compiling,
organizing, preserving, and making accessible the literature of the drugs,
alcohol, and addictions field.
This unique collection includes
full-text books, reports, documents, and grey literature regarding alcohol,
tobacco, psychoactive substances (such as marijuana, opioids, heroin, and
cocaine), and other drugs. The books and documents address drug use and misuse,
chemical dependency and alcoholism, health complications, treatment and
recovery, education and prevention, research and theory, policy and legal
issues, societal issues, mental health aspects, process or behavioral
addictions, and more. The collection has impressive breadth and depth, as it is
international and interdisciplinary, encompassing all years.
All items included in THE SALIS COLLECTION are offered for scholarship and research purposes only [https://archive.org/about/terms.php].
